I BOUGHT A NEW AND IMPROVED MONITOR FOR MY COMPUTER BUT THEY ARE NOT ON SPEAKING TERMS. APPARENTLY MY COMPUTER IS TOO OLD TO TALK THE LANGUAGE THE MONITOR RELATES TO. NOW I HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER TO BUY A NEW COMPUTER TO TALK TO THE MONITOR, OR JUST WRITE IT OFF AS A FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE.

THEY SAY SHORTAGES OF NECCESARY ITEMS MAY RESULT FROM THE BACKLOG OF SHIPS OUT WEST AND THE POWER OUTAGES IN CHINA, PLUS WEATHER CONDITIONS ELSEWHERE. SO TOLIET PAPER, COFFEE, MARIE CALDRON  POT PIES AND ARTIFICAL CHRISTMAS TREES ARE AMONG THE EXPECTED SHORTAGES. THIS MEANS I CAN'T LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING MY CUP OF JOE, WHILE EXTICATING A POT PIE AT CHRISTMAS TIME.

OK, YES I WATCHED THE FIRST FEW EPISODES OF THE SQUID GAME. I WAS THINKING IT WOULD BE ABOUT SQUID, BUT I WAS WRONG. IT IS MORE ABOUT HUMAN DESPERATION THAN AQUATIC DWELLERS. I SURE HOPE THERE ARE SOME SQUID IN THE NEXT EPISODE BECAUSE I LIKE THEM FAR BETTER THAN THE HUMANS PORTRAYED IN THE FIRST FEW EPISODES.

UNTIL NEXT TIME 

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